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03-24-2016, 05:20 PM
This animation studio has a secret, empowering mission
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Just after 31-year-old Jess Peterson launched animation and documentary studio Mighty Oak last spring, she and co-founder Emily Collins went to the hardware store to get re**vation supplies for their Brooklyn workspace.
When the two asked for help, a store employee asked, “Don’t you have a man to do this?”
See also: These 6-second Vine creations were so good they took home $10,000 (http://mashable.com/2016/01/29/armstrong-vine-awards-winners/)
“Give me the hammer, please,” Peterson told him. “We’ll make it happen.”
Peterson was familiar with this reaction; it’s a common response to women in the startup field, she tells Mashable.
A bigger purpose
Mighty Oak (http://www.mightyoakgrows.com/) is a film studio that makes ads and social media campaigns brighter with animation and live action video. But it wants to change the world as well. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/mighty-oak-animation-empowering-women/)
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Just after 31-year-old Jess Peterson launched animation and documentary studio Mighty Oak last spring, she and co-founder Emily Collins went to the hardware store to get re**vation supplies for their Brooklyn workspace.
When the two asked for help, a store employee asked, “Don’t you have a man to do this?”
See also: These 6-second Vine creations were so good they took home $10,000 (http://mashable.com/2016/01/29/armstrong-vine-awards-winners/)
“Give me the hammer, please,” Peterson told him. “We’ll make it happen.”
Peterson was familiar with this reaction; it’s a common response to women in the startup field, she tells Mashable.
A bigger purpose
Mighty Oak (http://www.mightyoakgrows.com/) is a film studio that makes ads and social media campaigns brighter with animation and live action video. But it wants to change the world as well. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/mighty-oak-animation-empowering-women/)
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